Treatment only saves lives when people can reach it.

Telehealth is helping people overcome distance, transportation, and child care barriers to access medication for opioid use disorder—a meaningful reminder as communities recognize National Overdose Awareness Day.

"The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds."
~ Dalai Lama XIV

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Between 2016—2022, trends in hospitalizations associated with substance use showed:

• Alcohol remains the leading cause of substance-related hospital stays
• Stimulant-related stays are rising
• Hospitals are critical in connecting patients with treatment

details: https://pewtrsts.org/4524w7Z

Science doesn’t stop at borders—and neither does its impact.

Pew Latin American Fellow Daiana Capdevila studies how proteins work and is developing biosensors to test drinking water quality and detect mosquito-borne diseases – work that can help protect her fellow citizens in Argentina and beyond.

🎉 Meet the 2026 class of Pew scholars and fellows!

36 early-career researchers are advancing work in cancer, neuroscience, disease prevention, and more.

Congratulations to these scientists and learn more about their work: www.pew.org/en/research-...

STAT's @isabellacueto.bsky.social and @levfacher.bsky.social talk about the perception of alcohol use in the United States.